Sirhan Erupts in Court Shouting Liar at Kennedy Trial
In Los Angeles Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was forcibly removed from the courtroom as he attacked a psychiatrist witness, shouting obscenities and denial. Judge Walker warned restraint and a recess followed before the trial continued. The psychiatrist testified Sirhan lacked genuine amnesia and acted with intent to kill Kennedy.
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Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Seymour Pollack
USC Psychiatry
Superior Court
Herbert V. Walker
Walker
Russell Parsons
Ued
Kennedy
Pollack
Sen. Kennedy
Sailor Pilot Die In Separate Traffic Crashes
A 52-year-old American Airlines pilot, George F. Baird of Palos Verdes Peninsula, was found dead in his car after it veered off Palos Verdes Drive near Point Vicente Lighthouse around 2 a.m. A Long Beach sailor, Fred L. Brown of the USS Markab, died when his motorcycle collided with a car at Ocean Boulevard and Falcon Avenue. rider Robert M. Barker survived with a broken leg, and car driver John C. Fields was not cited.
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Palos Verdes Drive
California Highway
George F. Baird
American Airlines
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Point Vincente
Fred L. Brown
Ocean Boulevard
Falcon Avenue
Robert M. Barker
St. Mary's Hospital
Navy Hospital
John C. Fields
Santa Ana
Fields
County payroll hits new high in February
The county payroll rose to 62,164 in February, the first time it surpassed 62,000, with January at 61,421 an all time high. Personnel Director Gordon Nesvig notes nearly 11 percent rise since last year, and 56,066 people were county workers in February 1968.
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Gordon Nesvig
Weight loss tied to murder in Cromwell case
Kristina Cromwell 28 received a life sentence after a probation report linked her weight loss to a fall from popularity and susceptibility to Paul Perveler's influence. The Highland Park slaying of her husband Marlin Cromwell occurred in December 1966 amid insurance fraud motives. Perveler and Cromwell were convicted of first degree murder. Perveler also faced charges in a later wife’s death.
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Kristina Cromwell
Los Angeles
Paul Perveler
Marlin
Cromwell
Pearce Young
Betty Crossley
Highland Park
Perveler
Cheryl
Accused Murderer Smith Gets New LA Defense Attorney
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge dismissed attorney Irving A. Kanarek in the case against 38 year old Jimmy Lee Smith accused of murdering a Los Angeles policeman south of Bakersfield in 1963. Judge Thomas de Sage replaced Kanarek with Charles Hellopeter.
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Los Angeles
Fisherman Pulls Up Hashish Hoard From Newport Bay
A Newport Beach fisherman reeled in a trunk containing about 200 pounds of hashish worth nearly 300 000 dollars. Police say the seaweed coated chest surfaced off Balboa Peninsula near N Street after a two week stay. The bags were one pound packages wrapped in foil with Arabic markings.
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Newport Beach
Newpo Beach
Edna Gibbarelli
Gibbarelli
Newport Bay
N Street
Balboa Peninsula
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New York
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Marean
Mrs. Cromwell
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Walt Murray
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Paramount
Lakewood Blvd
Lakewood
Torrance
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Whittier
Lancaster
Anaheim
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